And just to cap off the thread, for me:

My biggest problem with Wikileaks and Barrett’s attitude towards it is if they do not examine what they are publishing for truth beyond origin— as they didn’t with the CRU emails— then they are completely vulnerable to being used as a propaganda tool.

They published the CRU emails without regard for the fact that they were distorted in order to disinform, rather than inform. They take no responsibility for this, calling instead on scientists to fight the lies with truth— a fatuous statement that ignores the reality of propaganda’s effectiveness.

What is to stop Wikileaks being used to publish propaganda from intelligence agencies?